Edita Food Industries has purchased a new bakery production line for EGP 135 million, to be installed at its E07 plant and operational by February 2022, increasing bakery capacity by 11,000 tons per year.

Loma Negra's expanded L'Amalí cement plant in Argentina is set to start production on 26 June 2021. The $350 million project, built by Sinoma, increases capacity by 2.7 million tonnes per annum to 4.9 million tonnes per annum.

Kubota Farm Machinery Europe invested €1.8 million in a new welding line at its Bierne, France plant to assemble tractor cabins on-site, replacing imports from Japan. The line started production in June 2021 and created about 10 jobs.

Vinatech Co., Ltd. announced it will invest 86 billion won to build a second plant in Wanju, South Korea, creating 600 new jobs. The plant will produce supercapacitors and fuel cell materials.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Regional Jets (MHIRJ) will expand at North Central West Virginia Airport with two new hangars totaling over 100,000 square feet. The $19.1 million project could bring up to 800 jobs, including 300 during construction.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö is expanding production capacity at its Malmedy plant in Belgium with a EUR 10 million investment, doubling capacity and adding filtration materials production. The investment will create 40 new jobs.

Tecmur announced a $10 million investment to expand its metal-mechanics plants, with $6 million allocated to the Matamoros facility. The expansion is expected to begin in August 2021.

PPG Industries plans to expand packaging coatings manufacturing capacity at its Tiel, Netherlands and Cieszyn, Poland sites. The Tiel plant will increase Innovel non-BPA internal coatings capacity by 30% and double iSense external coatings capacity. The Cieszyn plant will double Nutrishield food can coatings capacity.

Nidec Global Appliance is investing US$70 million to set up new compressor and condensing unit production lines at Embraco plants in Austria, China, Brazil and Mexico. The lines will add more than 10 million units of annual capacity to the existing 45 million.

Zhongmi Holding said it plans to buy production equipment for its Riji Seal and Huayang Seal units to expand capacity, with about 15 million yuan of new investment. The added capacity is expected to generate 100-200 million yuan in annual output value.

MHIRJ celebrated the expansion of its MRO hangars at its Bridgeport, West Virginia location, investing $20 million to add 100,000 square feet of space. Construction is expected to be finalized and operational in about 18 months.

Generac Power Systems is expanding operations in Edgefield County, South Carolina, at its Trenton location. The expansion will create 300 new jobs and increase capacity for home standby generators and energy technologies.

PPG is expanding coatings manufacturing capacity in Europe for packaging applications. In Tiel, Netherlands, it will increase production of INNOVEL non-BPA internal coatings by 30% (Q1 2022) and double iSENSE external coatings capacity (end of 2021). In Cieszyn, Poland, it will double NUTRISHIELD food can coatings capacity (Q3 2021).

Flex-N-Gate Group plans to invest $52 million and add 245 new jobs in Troy, Michigan, where it is building out a 205,000-square-foot plant for a new product line under a five-year contract.

Kemira has completed the installation of new production units for emulsion polymers and bio acrylamide monomer at its Mobile, Alabama site. The investment is around €70 million, and production has started, with full operations expected by summer 2021.

Sanofi received FDA approval for an additional influenza manufacturing facility in Swiftwater, PA, expanding production of Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent. The $425 million investment will create up to 200 jobs.

Momentum Manufacturing Group is investing in a major expansion at its Georgetown, MA headquarters and a new 8-inch aluminum extrusion press in Franklin, NH, nearly doubling its extrusion capacity. The company also acquired H&M Metals in April 2021.

F&P MFG de México, a subsidiary of F-tech Inc., will expand its plant in Irapuato, Guanajuato, with an additional investment of US$9.9 million for facility expansion and US$5.6 million for equipment. The expansion is expected to be completed by August 2022, with operations starting in December 2022.

Yunnan Transformer Electric held a ceremony to put into operation its relocation and expansion project, increasing production capacity from 12 million kVA to 30 million kVA. The expanded facility includes a 500kV transformer shielding test hall and advanced equipment.

Nonwovenn invested £7 million in its Bridgwater production site over 18 months, including purchasing the freehold and installing a new chemical bonding nonwovens manufacturing line to increase capacity and access new product sectors.

Dräxlmaier announced a EUR 200 million investment to triple production area at its Timisoara factory, adding over 40,000 sqm of production, warehouse and office space for electronic and high-voltage components. The project will create more than 1,000 jobs over the next six years.

As part of the supply deal with Metsä Fibre, Nouryon will expand and upgrade its facility in Oulu, Finland, to manufacture sodium chlorate using renewable energy.

SAMSON USA, headquartered in Baytown, Texas, has completed installation of a Flexible Manufacturing System with 2 horizontal machining centers and a 24-pallet robotic loading system built by MCM of Italy, increasing its manufacturing capacity.

Kirloskar Brothers Limited has set up a new Advanced Technology Product Division for high-end pumps used in nuclear applications, based at its mother plant in Kirloskarvadi, Maharashtra. The investment amount was not disclosed.

W. R. Grace & Co opened a new state-of-the-art analytical lab at its LUDOX colloidal silica manufacturing site in East Chicago, Indiana. The investment supports ongoing innovation and growing global demand for colloidal silica.

Tempsens Instruments established Unit No. 4 for production of Control & Instrumentation Cables, more than doubling previous production capacity, and added dual extrusion lines for unarmoured cables.

Aditya Birla Group's Advanced Materials business plans a brownfield expansion at its Vilayat, Gujarat site to increase capacity by ~125 KTPA for standard and specialty epoxy products and curing agents.

NHanced Semiconductors is expanding the cleanroom of its North Carolina foundry to house a new high-volume advanced packaging line. The new line is expected to begin production in the second half of 2022, capable of producing up to 10,000 3DIC wafer stacks per month.

Prysmian Group announced a $7 million expansion to its Prescott, Ontario facility, adding a world-class distribution center. The project will add 15 or more jobs and is expected to be in operation by Q3 2022.

Gama Elyaf ve Iplik Sanayi plans a new investment in Düzce, Turkey, to increase daily polyester fiber production capacity from 100 tons to 300 tons, targeting 2022 exports of $50 million and production volume of $200 million.

Azad Engineering will invest $80 million to build a second manufacturing facility in Shamirpet, Hyderabad, creating 1,500 jobs and expanding capacity for aerospace and energy components.

Berry BPI, a subsidiary of Berry Global, installed a wash plant and recycling facility at its Heanor, Derbyshire factory. The system can recycle flexible and rigid plastics and adds around 1,200 tonnes of recycling capacity a year.

Neles will commission a new production unit at its Vantaa, Finland valve factory to improve availability and delivery times, with start of operations scheduled for early 2022.

Pöttinger officially opened its fourth production plant in St. Georgen, Austria, with a EUR 25 million first phase, and broke ground for a second phase with an additional EUR 45 million investment.

ILBOC Iberian Lube Base Oils Company, a joint venture between Repsol and SKL, has started the final phase of its expansion project in Cartagena, Spain. With an investment of over €50 million, the project will increase production capacity of high-tech lubricant base oils by about 50% in the second half of 2021, aiming for up to one million tonnes annually.

Cummins Turbo Technologies will spend $10.7 million to expand its North Charleston campus with new production lines for diesel engine turbochargers, adding 252 jobs. The expansion includes shifting production from its Memphis plant and building a new remanufacturing site.

Volkswagen has officially inaugurated a €74 million expansion of the press shop at its electric car plant in Zwickau, including a new XL press from Schuler, an automatic stacking line and a high bay warehouse.

瑞麗刀剪 (Rui Li Knife & Scissors) will invest NT$30 million to introduce smart machinery and ERP/MES systems at its existing plant in Dadu, Taichung.

耀裕橡膠 (Yao Yu Rubber) will invest NT$300 million to build a new plant in Fuxing, Changhua, with automated equipment.

宏酇企業 (Hong Yi Enterprise) will invest NT$300 million to build a new plant in Yanshui, Tainan, with automated equipment.

永勝藥品工業 (Yung Sheng Pharmaceutical) will invest NT$500 million to build a GMP-standard plant in Touqiao Industrial Park, Chiayi.

明新製罐工廠 (Ming Hsin Can Factory) will invest over NT$600 million to build an e-automated can plant in Zhutang, Changhua, with fully automated machinery.

慶豐食品 (Ching Feng Food) will invest NT$700 million to build a new plant with smart production, packaging and warehousing.

珍福食品 (Zhenfu Food) will invest NT$800 million to build a cold storage and smart processing plant in Cianjhen Fishing Port Processing Zone, Kaohsiung.

聚紡 (Giant Textile) will invest NT$1.5 billion to build a plant in Guanyin Industrial Park for high-end precision dyeing and smart automated coating production lines.

Pilot Chemical Co. is undertaking a multi-phase expansion of its ice-cold sulfonation technology at its site in Middletown, Ohio, to increase production capacity. Announced August 3, 2021.

Sherwin-Williams (Nantong) Coatings Co., Ltd. plans to invest in an expansion project to add 5,000 tonnes per year of waterborne architectural coatings capacity at its Nantong facility to meet market demand.

Changzhou Borui Power Automation Equipment Co., Ltd. held the groundbreaking ceremony for Phase II of its smart grid R&D and assembly base in Changzhou Economic Development Zone. The project will add over 19,000 units of ultra-high voltage transmission and smart grid equipment capacity annually, with completion expected in February 2023.

Celsa France plans to start production at a new wire rod rolling mill with a capacity of 550,000 mt/y at its Bayonne site before the end of the current financial year. The investment is EUR 60 million.

P&H Casters is undertaking a $15 million relocation and expansion project in Arlington, Texas, building a 173,000-square-foot facility to house manufacturing, office and warehouse operations, set to open early 2022.